Tag: alan shimel

DevOps: The Last Great Hope for Application Security?

Derek E. Weeks | March 31, 2014 | alan shimel, damon edwards, derek weeks, gene kim, nick galbreath, secops, sonatype

Once upon a time, there was a great battle between speed and security. Development wanted to go fast. But, Security wanted to slow down and be safe. “We must protect our gilded ...

Around the DevOps Blogs and News Scene

Alan Shimel | March 28, 2014 | alan shimel, devopsdotcom, information week, john engates, lorna garey, rackspace

It was another busy week in the DevOps media world; not just here on DevOps.com either. We had almost 30 new original features and blogs published this week. You should take some ...

DevOps.com Podcast

Alan Shimel | March 26, 2014 | alan shimel, devops podcast, devopsdotcom, mitchell ashley

Mitchell Ashley and I have been doing podcasts together since about 2007 or so. Back then the subject matter was security. But now with the launch of DevOps.com we are launching a ...

Chuck Norris doesn’t need DevOps, but have we beat “What is DevOps” to death yet?

Alan Shimel | March 24, 2014 | alan shimel, bluemix, continuous delivery, daniel bryant, ibm, ranger4, what is devops

Some interesting and lots of the usual around the DeOps blog beat last week and over the weekend. An interesting piece by Daniel Bryant on his Tai-Dev Blog on why “Chuck Norris ...

Perforce: The biggest little secret in DevOps

Alan Shimel | March 18, 2014 | alan shimel, continuous delivery, GIT, jez humble, perforce, version control

Quick can you name a company that is 15 years old, never took a dime of venture money, has over 250 employees, over 10,000 customers and was widely profitable from day one? ...

Is DevOps Ready to Cross the Chasm to Mainstream?

Alan Shimel | March 14, 2014 | alan shimel, chasm, elayhu goldblatt, gene kim, geoffrey more, mainstream, phoenix project, the goal

There are just a handful of business books that I have read that have had a profound influence on me. One was Gene Kim’s “The Phoenix Project”, another was Eliyahu Goldratt’s “The ...

DevOps.com Pitches a Big Tent

Alan Shimel | March 11, 2014 | alan shimel, community, devops.com, gene kim, launch, martin logan

If you are reading this you have already discovered one way or another, that the new DevOps.com website has launched. I am proud to say that I have been one of a ...